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SUMMARY
Rick
Rice has more than 30 years of professional writing and editing
experience, including: research papers; engineering and environmental
studies; technical proposals for architectural and engineering design
projects; technical journals; software user guides, release notes, and
tutorials; technical procedures and help systems; training materials;
technical program management plans; and editorial (news and feature)
development for commercial publications.
30-plus
years of experience as a writer/editor
20-plus
years of experience in technical writing
17-plus
years of experience in proposal writing
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INDUSTRIES
SELECTED
CLIENT ORGANIZATIONS
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Granite
Construction
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Harris & Associates
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KPMG
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HNTB
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Kiewit Pacific
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Granite Financial
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Areeb Engineering & Logistics
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MACTEC
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Bechtel
National
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Bechtel
Infrastructure
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Bechtel
Mining and Metals
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Innovative
Technical Solutions, Inc.
(ITSI)
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Caltrans
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University
of California-Berkeley (Pavement Research Center)
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URS
Corporation
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Shaw
Environmental and Infrastructure
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AHTNA Government Services
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Royston
Hanamoto Alley & Abey (RHAA)
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BayGroup
International
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Legacy
Marketing Group
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IKOS
(Mentor Graphics)
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Wells
Fargo
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GT
Global
EDUCATION
B.A.,
English-Journalism, Fort Hays Kansas State University, 1975
Post-graduate
work in Journalism, Ball State University, 1975-76 (no degree)
Certificate
in Technical Writing, Webster Technical Institute, 1998
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JAVA
and JavaScript Programming - San Francisco State University
(Extension), 2000
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PROFESSIONAL
SKILLS
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Skilled writer and technical
editor
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Skilled data gatherer, i.e., interviewer, researcher
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Strong
interpersonal communications,
source development skills
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Skilled at writing research
abstracts, summaries, syntheses of research
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Effective project manager
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Knowledgeable of online resources
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Conversant with the most commonly
used style guides
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Versatile and creative
TECHNICAL
SKILLS
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Print
Documentation: MS-Word, FrameMaker, PageMaker, Quark
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Online
Documentation: FrontPage, FrameMaker (PDF), Doc-to-Help, RoboHelp
HTML, HTML editing
Spreadsheet:
MS Excel
Project:
MS Project -
Graphics:
Illustrator, Visio, PaintShop Pro, Freehand
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Presentation:
MS-PowerPoint
Document
Control: Visual SourceSafe -
Database: MS Access
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Programming:
JAVA, C++, Basic; JavaScript
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Type
70 WPM
PROFESSIONAL/PERSONAL
REFERENCES
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PERSONAL
PROFILE
Married 24
years
Wife: Joanne Heenan Rice - Bay Area native -
Two
children - Gillian -17, Griffin - 14
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Homeowner – Benicia,
California
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Wife is an interior redesigner and teacher
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PERSONAL
INTERESTS
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Musician
– Guitar (rock, pop, jazz, country, folk) since 1964, Bass, Piano,
Violin
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Singing
(rock, pop, jazz, country, folk)
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Multi-Track
Digital Recording and Production – Cakewalk Sonar Producer 5
Songwriting
(rock, pop, jazz, country, folk) -
Long
and Short Fiction Writing
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Screen
Writing
Poetry
Writing -
Non-Fiction
Writing (historical)
Baseball -
Game
Design (with son Griffin)
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Music
Production (with daughter Gillian)
Family
Road Trips
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